Camera



IVI. OCHOA.

CAMERA.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6. 1919.

'Patented May 10, 1921.

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I I l l l I I 1 I n I l (jay M. OCHOA.

CAMERA.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.6,1919.

Patented May 10, 1921.

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9252217? m29/QL IVI. OCHOA.

CAMERA.

APPLICATION FILED AuG.6, 1919.

Patented May 10, 1921. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcvE.

MARIA ocHoA, or maw Yoitx, N. Y.

CAMERA.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 10, 1921.

Application led August 6, 1919. Serial No. 315,694.

To whom/t may concern: Be it known that I, MARIA OCHOA, a citizen of the Republic of Colombia, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Camera, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to cameras and has for an object to provide an improved con tion wherein the same lens is used for the inder and for the main focusing lens.

A` further object is to provide a camera which is small, compact and easily operated and which may be .used openly or. covertly in a hand bag or other covering article.

In the accompanying drawings: I

Figure 1 is a front elevation of la camera embodying the invention, certain parts being broken away to better illustrate the construction.

Fig. 2 is an end View of the camera shown Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the camera shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3A is a detail perspective view of the casing removed.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view through Fig. 1 on line 4 4. l

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the iilm holder and ground glass holder.

Fig. 5A isa detail perspective view of one end of the holdershown in Fi 5.

Fig. 5B is a section through ig. 5 on 1in@ sli-5B.

Fig. 6 is a section through Fig. 2 on line 6 6.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view through Fig. 4 on line 7 7.

Fig. 8v is a sectional view through Fig. 2 on line 8 8.

Fig. 9 is a detail fragmentary sectional view through Fig. 6 on line 9 9.

Fig. 10 is a detail fragmentary sectional view through Fig. 7 on line 10-10.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals 1 indicates -a casing provided with a telescopin cover 2 adapted to t over the sides an ends of the casing and thoroughly cover the film 3. `The casing 1` is formed as clearly shown in -Fig. 3A. It is provided with two upstanding side 6 having the finder opening 7 walls 4 and 5 merging into the front plate and the focusing lens opening 8. A division plate or partition 9 1s connected to the sides 4 and 5 a short distance from the front plate 6 whereby a chamber 10 is formed which receives the lens, shutter and associated mechanism hereinafter fully described. The

'partition 9 is provided at one end with a low wall l2 and a wall 13 at the opposite end, the wall l'closing one end of chamber 1 and projecting above partition 9 to a osition substantially Hush with the upper e ge of wall 12. The ilmliolder 14 (Fig. 5A) is fitted against the partition 9 with its l ends snugly fitting against the walls 12 and 13 as shown'in Figs. 1 and 4. This ilm holder consists of a base plate 15 formed with bent up sides 16 and 17 provided with slots 19, 20, 21 and 22 for receiving ends of the journal pins 23 and 24 of ,the respective film spools 25 and 26. A boxing or dark chamber 27 is providedon the holder 14 by positioning a bent up, substantially U- shaped member 28 on the partition 9 approximately centrally thereof. From Fig. 5B it willv be noted that slide runways 29 and 30 are rovided in member 28 for receiving a suitable picture framing slide 31. The base 15 of the holder 14 is provided with Aan opening 32 in line with the opening 33 and the opening 34 in the partition 9. The opening 34 is in line with the opening 35 in the shutter supporting plate 36 and the opening 8 in thev front 6. The

holder 14is also provided with a hood 37 carrying a mirror 38 adapted to reiect the `image on the ground glass 39. vThen mirror is set at a 45 angle to a line positioned normal to the ground glass 39 and also at a similarA angle to a line passing centrall through openings 40, 41 and 7 in the partition 9, guide 42, plate 36 and front 6 whereby whenever the lens 43 is in back of opening 7 an image will be thrown on the-glass 39. The film holder may be rigidly secured in place inV any desired way, but is preferably made removable and held in place 'by friction. The journal pin 23 of spool 25 is hollow at one end and is also provided with oppositely positioned notches for receiving the wings 44 and 45 of the windin rod 46 when the end of the rod is inserte into the pin'23. The rod 46 isl provided with a thumb member on its outer endl and is slidingly mounted in a tubular guide 4 8 iol I soldered or otherwise rigidly secured to the wall 5 of casing 1. By this arrangement, whenever an exposure is made the thumb member 47 is rotated, which in turn will rotate spool 25 for winding the film thereon until another number or legend 49 appears opposite window 5() provided in the telescoping cap 2. A different. framing s hde 31 may be u sed whenever des1red,prov1ded lit is placed inposition when the camera is yem ty or 1s 1n a dark room.

n order to provide for an image on the ground glass and to provide for a proper focus of the light entering the chamber 27 a single lens 43 is used. This lens arrangement is shown more particularly in AFlgs. 4 and 6. As shown in the drawings the lens 43 is guided in a back and forth movement by a guiding 'frame 51 which is rigidly secured in any desired manner to the plate 36, and provided with a slot 52 through which the actuating lever 53 extends. This lever is provided with a -fork or bifurcation 54 having turned up lugs 55 engaging the sides v to a pivotally mounted lever 60 and the oposite end to a second pivotally mounted ever 61. Lever 60 has a link 62 pivotally connected thereto, which in turn is pivotally connected to the end of the section 57' of lever 53 so that when the lever 60 is swung in one direction the lever 53 will be moved to the dotted position shown in Fig. 6 and then moved back to the opposite position as shown in full lines in Fig. 6. Lever 61 has a link 63 pivotally connected therewith which in turn is pivotally connected at 64 to an actuating lever 65, which is rigidly secured at 66 to the outer endof lever .67 whereby both levers are practically one exterorly of the end wall 68 of the plate 36. End wall 68 is provided with inwardly extending sections 69 and 70 designed to telescope into the chamber 10 so as to maintain a lightproof structure. By this constructiomwhenever the levers at connection 66 are moved both levers will be moved simultaneously so as to shift the lever 53 and the lens 43,'at the same time swinging the arm 71 on the pivot 72 for shifting the position of the shutter 73. From Fig. 7 it will be seen thatA the arm 71 extends loosely through a pressed out portion 74 of shutter 73 whereby the shutter maybe easily shifted inorder to bring the w1ndow 7 5 thereof in line with the lens regardless of which extreme position it is occupying. A retractile spring 76 is connected with the lever 67 for returning the same and the shutter 73 to their former ornormal position, with the window 75 opposite the opening 7 so that the finder may operate. The lens 43 is also normally opposite window or opening 7. A suitable stop 77 projects into the cutaway portion 78 of the shutter so as to limit its back and forth movement.

In order to vary the exposure opening a lever 79 is provided which is pivoted at 76 on to the front wall 5 of the casing 1 as shown in Fig. 8,'said lever extending a short distance beyond the wall 5 at one end, and at the other end is provided with an enlargement 80 having a number of apertures 81 therein designed to be brought opposite the opening 8 at different times.

The plate 36 with the lens 43 and mechanism for operating the same, andthe shutter -73,- and mechanism for operating the same are all bodily removable, the same being frictionally held in the chamber 27. Also in forming the device a vanity mirror 82 is preferably positioned on the outer face of one of the sides adjacent the' ground glass 39.

The camera may be used as an ordinary small camera and is preferably of less length than the width of an ordinary perl sons hand whereby a large number of small pictures may be taken, which if desired may be enlarged provided the lens 43 is a good lens. A first-class lens may be provided without unreasonably increasing the cost, because 'there is only one lens for the device, as the same lensacts as focusing lens and as a finder lens.

In some instances it may be desired to take pictures without being seen, and by reason of the smallness and the particular construction this may be readily done, as the camera L may be covered by different means.

"What I claim is:

1. In a camera of the character described, a frame, means for holding a film in the frame, a glass for receiving an image, a single lens coacting with said glass and with the film, a rectangular guide for the lens, said guide being formed with a slot','a lever mechanism having a part extending through said slot and engaging the lens for shifting the same from in front of said glass to in front of the film, and back again to its original position, and a shutter operated after said lens has reached the exposure position in front of said film.

2. In a camera of the character described a casing provided with a compartment back of the front face and with exposure and finder openings at the front, a film holder shutter will also be moved for coveringl either of said openings according to the direction of movement oi said manually actuated means. Y

3. In a camera of the character described a casing provided with a pair of openings in the front p art, means for supporting. a film in the rear part of the casing opposite one of said openings, a reflector positioned back of the other of said openings and at an angle thereto, a ground glass for receiving an image from the reflector, a lens, means for shifting the lens from one opening to the other-so that..it will act at one time as a finder lens and at another time as a focusing lens, a shutter for the opening in front of said film and -a substantially U- shaped manually actuated lever connected with said shutter and means for shifting the lens `for operating the lens and shutter, said U-shaped lever being formed with a resilient member positioned to retard the movement of said shutter until the. lens has reached the exposure position.

4. In a camera of the character described, a casing, means for carrying a roll of ilms at the rear of the casing, said casing having a finder opening and a focusing opening in the front wallthe focusing opening being opposite the mea-ns for carrying the film, said casing being formed with a pair of chambers between the front wall and the means for carrying the film, said chambers having a division Wall therebetween formed with apertures registering with said finder and focusing openings, a lens, a lens supporting plate arranged in said chamber carp rying said lens, said plate being formed with an end fitting into the end of the chamber so as to shut out the light, a guide for said plate, a yoke-shaped lever straddling the lens, a plurality of levers actuating the yoke-shaped lever for shifting the lens from in front of one of the openings in the front wall to the other opening, a U-shaped actuating lever straddling said division wall,

part of the U-shaped lever extending beyond said wall so as to be manually actuated, a shutter arranged on the opposite side of said wall to the lens, and means for connecting the shutter with the U-shaped lever for'c'ausing the shutter to operate in proper l' timed relationship to the lens.

MARIA OCHOA. 

